<PRE><B>Question 601518</B>
Josh purchases a pair of jeans for $24.74 and 6 pairs of socks. Allen
buys 2 shirts for $15.60 each and 3 pairs of socks. Both boys spend
the same amount and each pair of socks costs the same amount. How much
is a pair of socks? How much did each boy spend?

Jeans ---- 24.74
let  pair of socks cost  x
cost of 6 pairs of socks = 6x

Josh spent 24.74 + 6x

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Allen pays
31.20+ 3x

The amounts are equal

24.74+6x= 31.20 + 3x
6x-3x= 31.20-24.74
3x=6.46
/3
x= $2.15 cost of pair of socks

plug the value of x in both equations to find how much each spent</PRE>